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Do Simulation-Based Skill Exercises and Post-Encounter Notes Add Additional Value to a Standardized Patient-Based Clinical Skills Examination?
Joint Authors
Ahearn, Sue
Prislin, Michael D.
Boker, John
Source
Education Research International
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-03-30
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
Standardized patient (SP) clinical assessments have limited utility in assessing higher-level clinical competencies.
This study explores the value of including simulation exercises and postencounter notes in an SP clinical skills examination.
Methods.
Two exercises involving cardiac auscultation and ophthalmic funduscopy simulations along with written post encounter notes were added to an SP-based performance examination.
Descriptive analyses of students' performance and correlations with SP-based performance measures were obtained.
Results.
Students' abilities to detect abnormalities on physical exam were highly variable.
There were no correlations between SP-based and simulation-derived measures of physical examination competency.
Limited correlations were found between students' abilities to perform and document physical examinations and their formulation of appropriate differential diagnoses.
Conclusions.
Clinical simulation exercises add depth to SP-based assessments of performance.
Evaluating the content of post encounter notes offers some insight into students' integrative abilities, and this appears to be improved by the addition of simulation-based post encounter skill exercises.
However, further refinement of this methodology is needed.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Prislin, Michael D.& Ahearn, Sue& Boker, John. 2011. Do Simulation-Based Skill Exercises and Post-Encounter Notes Add Additional Value to a Standardized Patient-Based Clinical Skills Examination?. Education Research International،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-447003
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Prislin, Michael D.…[et al.]. Do Simulation-Based Skill Exercises and Post-Encounter Notes Add Additional Value to a Standardized Patient-Based Clinical Skills Examination?. Education Research International No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-447003
American Medical Association (AMA)
Prislin, Michael D.& Ahearn, Sue& Boker, John. Do Simulation-Based Skill Exercises and Post-Encounter Notes Add Additional Value to a Standardized Patient-Based Clinical Skills Examination?. Education Research International. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-447003
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-447003